Pikmin Bloom is hosting another Community Day, this one taking place on February 19, 2022. The Community Day will last all day in the respected time zone, and special in-game bonuses will be up for grabs.

In-app bonuses:
Big Flowers will bloom into plum blossoms when you plant regular blue, red, yellow, or white petals around them
Players achieving the 10,000 step goal on this day will be awarded a special Plum Blossom Flower Badge
Seedlings in your planter pack will grow at 1.5x the usual speed (and more, if you’re flower planting!)
Receive 1 bonus coin per 250 flowers planted instead of the usual 500 (capped at 60 coins/day)

In addition to these in-game bonuses, there will also be a real-world tie in for players that live in the United States. Pikmin Bloom is partnering with the flower subscription service BloomsyBox to give out discounted subscriptions to players that reach 10,000 steps on Community Day.

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Pokemon GO Valentine’s Day 2022 event to include Flabébé, Floette, and Florges debuts

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Niantic has announced a new Valentine’s Day 2022 event for Pokemon GO, featuring the debuts of Flabébé, Floette, and Florges. It will go live on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at 10 AM local time.

Below are the full details on the upcoming event:

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Pikmin Bloom update out now (version 38.0), patch notes

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Pikmin Bloom has released its newest update (version 38.0) for iOS and Android. This 91MB update allows players to name their avatars and change their player ID’s as well as sort their Pikmin in a few different ways.

The full patch notes are included below.

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Pokemon GO details February 2022 Community Day

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Niantic has provided the latest news about Pokemon GO and shared information about the Community Day for February 2022, which features Hoppip.

Hoppip will be showing up more frequently in the wild, and if you’re lucky enough, a Shiny variant may appear. Those that evolve Skiploom (Hoppip’s Evolution) during the event or up to two hours afterward will receive a Jumpluff that knows the Charged Attack Acrobatics.

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Pokemon GO details Power Plant event, Helioptile to debut

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Niantic has announced that the next event in the Season of Heritage for Pokemon GO will take place on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 10 AM to Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at 10 AM local time, with Helioptile and Heliolisk making their debuts.

Power Plant is the upcoming event for the mobile game and includes the next step in Spark’s journey in the Season of Heritage story. It’s inspired by the power plants found in the Kanto and Kalos, and lets players get involved with the following features:

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Pikmin Bloom’s next Community Day coming January 22

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The first Community Day of 2022 has been set for Pikmin Bloom, and this one will be on January 22. This is a Saturday, and the event will run the entire day in your respected timezone.

Playing on this day rewards quite a few exclusive perks, and a full list of what to expect is given below.

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Police officers fired after ignoring robbery and trying to catch Snorlax in Pokemon GO

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Los Angeles police officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell have been fired for “willfully abdicating their duty to assist a commanding officer’s response to a robbery in progress and playing a Pokemon mobile game while on duty.”

That game is, of course, Pokemon GO. All sorts of bizarre and crazy stories have come about relating to the mobile experience since it launched in 2016, but we haven’t quite seen something on this level.

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Pokemon GO Mountains of Power event to introduce Mega Aerodactyl

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Mega Aerodactyl will be making its first appearance in Pokemon GO, Niantic revealed today.

The company is gearing up for a new Mountains of Power event, which continues the Season of Heritage. Niantic teases: “Spark’s intuition leads him to believe that the mysterious door’s second mechanism requires the help of Rock- and Steel-type Pokémon to unlock it. Journey through terrain reminiscent of the mountains found in regions like Johto and Sinnoh, and work with Spark to unlock the next mechanism!”

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Pokemon GO announces special Bulbasaur Community Day Classic

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Niantic has announced a special Community Day Classic for Pokemon GO that will feature Bulbasaur. This is being held during the Season of Heritage.

During the event, you’ll have a higher chance of encountering Bulbsaur. And if you’re lucky enough, you may encounter a Shiny version. Those that evolve Ivysaur (Bulbasaur’s Evolution) during the Community Day or up to two hours afterward will receive a Venusaur that knows the Charged Attack Frenzy Plant.

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Pokemon GO details 2022 New Year’s event

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Pokemon GO will soon be celebrating 2022 with a special New Year’s event. Various activities and promotions are planned. There’ll be Pokemon wearing new costumes, themed avatar items, the return of some familiar Pokemon wearing party hats, and a Shiny Pokemon appearing for the first time in the game.

That Shiny Pokemon in question is Hoothoot, who will show up if you’re lucky enough. The creature will also appear as noncostumed Shiny Hoothoot after the event ends.